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Judiciary Act of 1801
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Louisiana returned to France
Neutrality Proclamation
Pickney’s Treaty
Quasi War
Report on Manufactures
Saint Domingue slave revolt
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Slavery ban proposed for western territories
Treaty of Greenville
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Twelfth Amendment
Whiskey Rebellion
XYZ Affair

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